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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1977
Page
2
Stocks fell further amid a nationwide rise in the prime rate to 7 percent led by Citibank. The Dow dropped 2.43 to 861.05 as banks plus Texaco traded lower and volume slowed on the NYSE and American exchanges.
The High Point Enterprise published in High Point North Carolina announces its establishment in 1884 and outlines home delivery and mail subscription rates including six month three month and one month options. It notes Associated Press rights and distributor responsibilities.
Vance briefing in Tokyo as Hua warns Washington to sever diplomatic ties with the Chiang clique and withdraw forces from Taiwan before full relations with Peking can be established. Carter denies abandoning Taiwan but leans on Chinese patience amid party congress shifts and domestic politics.
President Ferdinand Marcos announced at the Manila World Law Conference that martial law will ease with amnesty for subversives and a nationwide curfew removal. He pledged local elections next year and a 1978 election date for remaining government posts. About 5,000 lawyers and judges applauded.
Bunny Hover, a member of the New Orleans Saints Bonnes Amies, performs during Superdome games and bears a striking resemblance to television star Farrah Fawcett Majors.
Billy Carter says he has not discussed the propriety of his paid public appearances with his brother President Jimmy Carter. He estimates year earnings around $200,000, similar to his brother, and says 1977 total from appearances, peanut business, and gas station will be under $300,000. The remarks came in an interview made public by U.S. News & World Report.
Reinforcements from Florida Kentucky Pennsylvania North Carolina and South Carolina join 5600 firefighters battling the 12 day old Hog's Ridge blaze in the Klamath National Forest California. The fire over 45000 acres and out of control since lightning sparked Aug 9 as crews battled other blazes on the Central Coast and in Modoc Lassen counties. The fire lies about 50 miles northeast of Eureka with heavy smoke and steep timberland hindering efforts.
State workers receive pay as welfare checks resume with PA operating on a new budget. Lawmakers trimmed 300 million by cutting state support for 30 universities including Penn State Pitt and Temple. Gov Shapp signed the bill and lawmakers take a five week vacation amid budget pressures.
Jakarta reports 72 dead from the Indian Ocean quake and tsunamis in Sumbawa Lombok and Bali with 65 missing earlier. Tidal waves up to 16 feet destroyed more than 150 homes and hundreds are injured.
Sally Rand, famed from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, continues to dance behind ostrich feather fans at the Royal Ascot Supper Club in suburban Detroit. At 73 she attracts applause from men and women who say her act offers them hope.
Voyager 2 nears Jupiter and Saturn after initial glitches at Pasadena lab engineers report the boom containing cameras likely extended and a sun sensor can absorb solar rays. Scientists test instruments late Sunday night and expect results today as mission proceeds toward outer planets and beyond.
UNC officials seek approval of a plan raising black enrollment by 32 percent in white colleges, backed by Gov. Hunt and praised by President Friday and Chancellor Chambers. HEW had proposed 150 percent, with some board members expressing doubt over federal reaction and long-term feasibility. The system argues the 1974 HEW plan remains valid and that racially identifiable enrollments do not prove overall segregation.
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